CDL training

Agency wants to reduce time and costs for driving schools and applicants

Trucking could get hit “very hard” by an economic recession, ATA warns

FMCSA estimates over 11,000 Class B truck drivers will save time and money using the new process.

Sentiment could be growing for lowering the driver age, but questions linger over safety and wages.

Regulators say a database designed to standardize and simplify training certification for new drivers will be ready on time next year.

States will soon be able to give would-be drivers more time to get their CDLs at the same time potentially lowering knowledge exam costs.

Also in the pickup: vets get a shot at free CDL training; another dispatch from the parking wars